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présumé — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • presumed adj Believed to be true based on the evidence available, even though it isn't formally confirmed.
  • presumptive adj Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.
  • putative adj Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.

Senses

présumé is used for these senses in English:

  • presumed Appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it.
  • presumptive Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.
  • putative Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.

presumptive — full definition

  1. adj Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.
  2. adj Often postpositive, as in heir presumptive: of an heir or heiress: presumed to be entitled to inherit unless someone with a superior entitlement is born.
  3. adj Of a cell or tissue: which has yet to differentiate, but is presumed to develop into a particular body part.
  4. adj Synonym of presumptuous (“making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding what is appropriate or right”).

Related French words